ENC Agent » business http://encagent.com Local Business, News, and Forum. Wed, 06 Jan 2010 15:37:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 Obama prods Congress to pass health bill quickly (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 13:53:53 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100106/us_health_care_overhaul FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, gestures during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin, Baucus, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP - President Barack Obama is prodding House and Senate Democrats to get him a final health care bill as soon as possible, encouraging them to bypass the usual negotiations between the two chambers in the interest of speed.


]]> FILE - In this Dec. 14, 2009 file photo, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., center, gestures during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. From left are, Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., Senate Majority Leader Richard Durbin, Baucus, Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Senate Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nev. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)AP – President Barack Obama is prodding House and Senate Democrats to get him a final health care bill as soon as possible, encouraging them to bypass the usual negotiations between the two chambers in the interest of speed.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_overhaul/feed/ 0 Automakers hopeful for 2010 as brutal year ends (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_auto_sales http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_auto_sales#comments Wed, 06 Jan 2010 03:07:03 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100106/us_auto_sales A Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle, seen here in August. General Motors has told US authorities it will attempt a public share offering by July 2010 as part of a plan to exit the government bailout, a Treasury official has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)AP - Automakers in the U.S. ended their worst year in almost three decades with hints of a recovery in December.


]]> A Chevrolet Volt extended-range electric vehicle, seen here in August. General Motors has told US authorities it will attempt a public share offering by July 2010 as part of a plan to exit the government bailout, a Treasury official has said.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Bill Pugliano)AP – Automakers in the U.S. ended their worst year in almost three decades with hints of a recovery in December.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_auto_sales/feed/ 0 Cities, counties take back corporate tax breaks (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tax_fights http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tax_fights#comments Sun, 03 Jan 2010 06:52:59 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100103/us_tax_fights FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo, teacher Carrie Cox from Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill., protests along with other teachers opposing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget cuts and new pension plan during a rally across the street from the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. As the recession drags on, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescinding tax abatements to companies that don't hire enough workers, lay them off or close up shop. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP - Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal's a deal.


]]> FILE - In this May 6, 2009 file photo, teacher Carrie Cox from Andrew High School in Tinley Park, Ill., protests along with other teachers opposing Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn's budget cuts and new pension plan during a rally across the street from the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. As the recession drags on, municipalities struggling to fix roads, fund schools and pay bills increasingly are rescinding tax abatements to companies that don't hire enough workers, lay them off or close up shop. (AP Photo/Seth Perlman, File)AP – Cash-strapped communities have a message for corporations that promised jobs in return for tax breaks: A deal’s a deal.


]]> http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_tax_fights/feed/ 0 2 ships reported hijacked off Somali coast (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/highestrated/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/piracy#comments Sat, 02 Jan 2010 16:05:24 +0000 Yahoo! News: Most Recommended ap/20100102/piracy Map of the Horn of Africa region spots the approximate locations of recent pirate attacksAP - A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, bringing to four the number of ships seized in the past week, officials said Saturday.


]]> Map of the Horn of Africa region spots the approximate locations of recent pirate attacksAP – A cargo ship and a chemical tanker have both been hijacked by pirates in the perilous waters off the coast of Somalia, bringing to four the number of ships seized in the past week, officials said Saturday.


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